
Objectives
- The learner can introduce him/herself in a creative way.
- The learner can ask questions about someone’s identity.
Material
- Paper
- Pen
- Tables
Preparation
- Present yourself with a simple portrait you drew of yourself in order to explain the exercise and to emphasize that the exercise is not about drawing skills.
Instructions
- Form groups of at least four people.
- Give each learner a pen and a paper.
- Ask the learners to write the first name of the person to their left.
- Give the learners a minute to start drawing a portrait of that person.
- When you say STOP, the learners pass their drawing to the learner on the right. Everybody has now a paper with a first name and the beginning of a portrait.
- The learners continue drawing for a minute, till you say STOP.
- Continue till the learners get back the paper with their name on and the collective portrait.
- Let each learner present his/her portrait.
Variant
- Let the learners complete their portrait with symbols and images that say something about them, e.g. a bike because you like cycling, a flower if you like nature…
- Let the learners explain what they have added and why.
Closing Up
- Beginners: Teach and repeat sentences and questions about appearance
and identity, e.g. I wear glasses. What is your favourite food? What do you like to do in your free time?… - Organize an ‘exhibition’: hang the portraits on the wall. Give the learners time to comment and ask each other questions.
- You can talk about diversity. Although a group may consist of only one nationality, the portraits, the added symbols, and images will be different.